No arrest in fatal downtown Santa Cruz shooting

SANTA CRUZ - More than a week after a 32-year-old martial arts instructor was gunned down outside a popular Santa Cruz bar, no one has been arrested for his slaying.

Pauly Silva was fatally shot around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9 outside the Red restaurant and bar on Cedar and Locust streets.

Santa Cruz Deputy Police Chief Steve Clark said Monday that the investigation is being hampered by uncooperative witnesses. "We're getting misinformation from a lot of people," Clark said.

That's stalling the investigation and "doing a disservice to the victim," he said.

Clark has said that while police don't think that Silva or his twin brother were in a gang, the shooting is believed to be gang-related.

Two men were apprehended in Watsonville shortly after the shooting in a car that matched the description of the suspect vehicle but they have not been arrested in connected with the murder, Clark said. Neither has a third man who was arrested in Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz police ask anyone with information to call the anonymous tipline at 420-5995 or leave a tip at www.santacruzpolice.com or on its cellphone application at http://m.santacruzpolice.com.